Ok, system specs are here under the "laptop". The DVD burner in question is a removable NEC DVD+RW ND5100A

Basically, the laptop is giving me an error of "D:\ is not a valid win32 application" whenever I try to read from it or open a DVD from my computer.

Not too sure what could possibly be causing this as it's worked before and I haven't changed any settings regarding it recently, or ever for that matter.

I uninstalled it, hoping windows would right itself by reinstalling the drivers automatically so that the install would at least be correct. And the error stayed the same. But I found out that the disc is at least being seen when I populate the drive. *shrug*

I found out that if I don't go through my computer and just use my media player, it will play!

*hate hate hate*

Have you checked the manufacturers website for any driver updates. Make sure the drivers you get are compatible with your OS.

I have had experiences with the CD-RW at my work where they will not be recognized any more or will not read any CD at all. It was found there was a firmware update on the AOpen's website and when the firmware was updated everything worked fine again. You can try this also.

yeh, already checked for any manufacturer updates and found this... let me get it:

"We do not currently sell DVD/CD-RW drives directly to consumers and do not provide drivers or firmware for these drives. Please check with the vendor or OEM that you obtained the drive for support and updates."

Dell didn't have it even listed as a drive they use when I checked for any OEM drivers.

I could potentially find them off of one of the initial CDs you're given, but even if I could I don't have access.

yeh, already checked for any manufacturer updates and found this... let me get it:

"We do not currently sell DVD/CD-RW drives directly to consumers and do not provide drivers or firmware for these drives. Please check with the vendor or OEM that you obtained the drive for support and updates."

Dell didn't have it even listed as a drive they use when I checked for any OEM drivers.

I could potentially find them off of one of the initial CDs you're given, but even if I could I don't have access.

I found this information by doing a search on google for that specific drive.

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